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Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Cody Franson has signed a one-year contract to play in the Swedish league, regardless of whether the NHL lockout is resolved.

Grant Sonier relays the buzz and his evaluations from Lake Placid, where Teams USA, Sweden and Finland are evaluating their top prospects for the World Junior Championships, including projected top-5 players for the 2013 draft.

Blog | Conversation | August 10, 2012

Daniel Alfredsson's kids should be happy. And so should be much of Ottawa and Sweden with the team the Senators captain put together in making his selections in the NHL All-Star draft on Thursday night.

Corey Pronman grades every NHL franchise who had a player participating in the World Junior Championship, with the Capitals, Ducks and Wild leading the way. The Kings? Not so much.

Story | Conversation | January 06, 2012

Ahead of the NHL All-Star game, Gare Joyce predicts what newcomers could be joining the team in the year 2015. His list includes prospects from all different levels of competition, but at the top are current NHLers Tyler Seguin and Taylor Hall.

Blog | Conversation | January 28, 2011

Ahead of the NHL all-star game, Lars-Ove Haraldsson generates an all-star team made up of players from all the European hockey leagues. And some could play in the NHL next season.

Blog | Conversation | January 27, 2011

Swedish scribe Lars-Ove Haraldsson examines five differences between the Swedish and North American style of hockey development, including tactical preperation and mental pressure.

Blog | Conversation | November 18, 2010

Gare Joyce runs down a few guys he saw at the Team USA U-20 evaluations in Lake Placid in the context of the 2011 NHL draft: Adam Clendening looks good, as does Gabriel Landeskog. Victor Rask, of Sweden, is a name to know; opportunity's knocking there.

Blog | Conversation | August 06, 2010

Gare Joyce comes through with a first look at the expected top prospects for the 2011 NHL draft. You probably don't know their names yet, so here are two you do know: Victor Hedman and Jarome Iginla. Yeah, there's serious upside in this group.

Blog | Conversation | June 30, 2010

The Chicago Blackhawks selected Ludvig Rensfeldt in the second round of the NHL draft.

E.J. Hradek believes the Swedes are sitting pretty heading into the single-elimination tournament portion of the Olympics

Blog | Conversation | February 24, 2010

Keith Tkachuk had two power-play goals and an assist and the St. Louis overcame a two-goal deficit for the second straight night, beating the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 on Saturday to sweep the two-game series.

Mats Sundin is retiring from hockey after nearly 20 seasons in the NHL.

The Detroit Red Wings will open the 2009-10 regular season against the St. Louis Blues with a two-game series in Stockholm, while the Chicago Blackhawks play two games against the Florida Panthers in Helsinki.

Tyler Kennedy scored his second goal with 25 seconds left in overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in the first NHL regular-season opener in Sweden on Saturday night.

I have arrived in beautiful Stockholm. I know I have because there were a string of posters at the airport detailing the hometown celebrities, and the first one I saw was Abba. So there. I am indeed in Sweden. I will hook up with the Pittsburgh Pen...